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Male cones

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Male cones

Mataī has separate male and female trees. Males develop small catkin-like cones that release pollen in early summer.

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Maggy Wassilieff, Conifers – Mataī and miro: the plum pines, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/12672/male-cones (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 1 March 2009.